# In My Humble Opinion **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1836 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1837 --- ## [Does advertizing influence your buying decisions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-advertizing-influence-your-buying-decisions/562554)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-advertizing-influence-your-buying-decisions/562554 "2010-12-04T15:30:47Z")
By advertizing, I mean TV commercials, marketing campaigns, product packaging, etc. Choose the answer that comes closest to your opinion. --- ## [What's your preferred fabric/fiber for long underwear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-preferred-fabric-fiber-for-long-underwear/562520)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-preferred-fabric-fiber-for-long-underwear/562520 "2010-12-04T09:39:24Z")
It’s winter, and it’s cold! in Northern Europe, and long underwear is very appropriate for the season. To avoid hijacking the “It ain’t the cold, it’s the humidity” thread, I’m taking this question to a new thread Here’… --- ## [Three questions about checks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-questions-about-checks/561785)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-questions-about-checks/561785 "2010-12-04T02:35:59Z")
I normally hate fooling with banks, checks, and credit/debit cards…but life happens. I love cash and check cashing services. My mother opened up a bank account for me 5 years ago, and I would like to start using it, but… --- ## [Question about college age male fashions, late 1990s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-college-age-male-fashions-late-1990s/562764)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-college-age-male-fashions-late-1990s/562764 "2010-12-04T01:13:39Z")
To provide the context, I posted the thread Was your college experience in 19xx as vile as campus life is often portrayed?, inspired by the Tom Wolfe novel I Am Charlotte Simmons. Glancing at the other thread might hel… --- ## [What to do when told what to buy for a Christmas/Holiday present](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-told-what-to-buy-for-a-christmas-holiday-present/562785)
**Author:** [@gone2thedogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gone2thedogs)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-when-told-what-to-buy-for-a-christmas-holiday-present/562785 "2010-12-04T00:44:28Z")
My family picks names for Christmas (or insert holiday here). I got sister “Wanda”. Wanda says, just get me a gift certificate for BoneFish Grill or something similar. Am I unnecessarily p’od about this request? I mi… --- ## [Are Catholics Christian, Part Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-catholics-christian-part-two/562687)
**Author:** [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-catholics-christian-part-two/562687 "2010-12-04T00:40:49Z")
A recent thread asked this question and many of the responders were amazed that anyone would not consider Catholics Christians. Several people did note some pockets of fundamentalist believers, mainly in the South, who d… --- ## [Best way to effect this travel plan in Tokyo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-effect-this-travel-plan-in-tokyo/559384)
**Author:** [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-effect-this-travel-plan-in-tokyo/559384 "2010-12-04T00:03:05Z")
I would like to get from NRT to a hotel and then, the next day, get from that hotel to HND. One option is to pick any random hotel near NRT and just use the Airport Limousine bus service the next morning to do NRT–\>HND.… --- ## [What's Good About Working In Fast Food Service?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-about-working-in-fast-food-service/561895)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-about-working-in-fast-food-service/561895 "2010-12-03T23:31:01Z")
Never having worked in fast food, I wouldn’t know, but everyone seems to tell horror stories about how bad it is, how overworked and underpaid they were, how the bosses abused them and took advantage of their youth. I d… --- ## [Obama goes bonkers and....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-goes-bonkers-and/561846)
**Author:** [@ChrisBooth12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisBooth12)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-goes-bonkers-and/561846 "2010-12-03T22:30:33Z")
pardons every criminal in the US…what would happen? Don’t worry so much about the massive population increase/jobs/food/housing/etc I am more curious about politically. Would that be enough to declare him “unfit” and rem… --- ## [People of Different Races Who Look Remarkably Similar](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-different-races-who-look-remarkably-similar/562371)
**Author:** [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-of-different-races-who-look-remarkably-similar/562371 "2010-12-03T22:05:38Z")
Barack Obama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack\_Obama and Nikolai Yezhov http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai\_Yezhov --- ## [Quickly! What should I ask for for Christmas? (Need answer fast.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickly-what-should-i-ask-for-for-christmas-need-answer-fast/562841)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quickly-what-should-i-ask-for-for-christmas-need-answer-fast/562841 "2010-12-03T21:33:42Z")
My mom asked me a couple of weeks ago what I wanted for Christmas. I told her I want a Wii since I don’t have one and I’d like to play Metroid: Other M. The day I got back from Thanksgiving with them, my girlfriend told… --- ## [Was anyone else forbidden to watch He-Man because of "elements of the occult"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-anyone-else-forbidden-to-watch-he-man-because-of-elements-of-the-occult/562262)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-anyone-else-forbidden-to-watch-he-man-because-of-elements-of-the-occult/562262 "2010-12-03T20:49:58Z")
Please only answer if you were raised by religious folks. So I’m sitting here watching She-Ra and thinking, “I can’t believe my mom wouldn’t let me watch this.” When I was a kid, I thought it was the stupidest thing eve… --- ## [Best building sets for kids?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-building-sets-for-kids/562734)
**Author:** [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-building-sets-for-kids/562734 "2010-12-03T20:22:08Z")
We have an almost-3 boy who builds, constructs and destructs everything he touches. We have acres of Duplo, some Wedgits, and I have been looking at Zoob, which looks hella cool. I’m wondering if there are other awesome… --- ## [A Federal pay outrage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-federal-pay-outrage/562299)
**Author:** [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-federal-pay-outrage/562299 "2010-12-03T20:07:15Z")
From what I can tell it appears the following is true. But at the same time I can’t believe it really is. I can understand the politicians allowing this to happen, but why in the world is the populace at large not scream… --- ## [Looking for a thin, light monitor to pack with my laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-thin-light-monitor-to-pack-with-my-laptop/562780)
**Author:** [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-thin-light-monitor-to-pack-with-my-laptop/562780 "2010-12-03T19:31:54Z")
I edit video. After updating the hard disk in my laptop, I find I have enough space and speed that I can edit a show on my laptop. I shoot concerts with several cameras, and I sync them and do a “multicam” edit. The prob… --- ## [why is it empowering that a woman have a sex toy but shameful for a man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-empowering-that-a-woman-have-a-sex-toy-but-shameful-for-a-man/561565)
**Author:** [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-empowering-that-a-woman-have-a-sex-toy-but-shameful-for-a-man/561565 "2010-12-03T18:49:58Z")
my friend wants to know --- ## [Buying a home idea--financial reality check please? Life Advice in general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-home-idea-financial-reality-check-please-life-advice-in-general/562787)
**Author:** [@Deereman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deereman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-home-idea-financial-reality-check-please-life-advice-in-general/562787 "2010-12-03T17:02:36Z")
I’m just wondering if my meandering ideas even seem feasible. I’m considering buying a house of my own. Plain and simple, I live with the parents and it’s about time (late 20s in age, so even though we get along fine, i… --- ## [Does the Iphone 4 still have broken reception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-iphone-4-still-have-broken-reception/562772)
**Author:** [@pompeybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pompeybear)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-iphone-4-still-have-broken-reception/562772 "2010-12-03T16:04:13Z")
So…I just got an Iphone 4. I had heard of reception issues, but figured it had all been ironed out by now. The AT&T sales person claimed it was no longer an issue. So I take the phone home tonight and I notice my 2nd … --- ## [Do you enjoy living alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-living-alone/506756)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-enjoy-living-alone/506756 "2010-12-03T15:54:30Z")
I never had a problem with roomates in the past, nor am I particularly anti-social. But I always wanted to live alone. I guess because where I live, its more expensive to find a place to live by yourself vs renting a roo… --- ## [Fixing Saggy Roof?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-saggy-roof/561538)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fixing-saggy-roof/561538 "2010-12-03T14:56:22Z")
It’s the one over our favorite room, too, a big family room (20’ x 20’?) that was added-on by a previous owner. Only they chose to leave the ceiling open. The only place where a beam connects the two sides of the roof i… --- ## [Not pit-level annoyance, just a peeve about pedo and rape hysteria...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-pit-level-annoyance-just-a-peeve-about-pedo-and-rape-hysteria/562470)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-pit-level-annoyance-just-a-peeve-about-pedo-and-rape-hysteria/562470 "2010-12-03T14:52:08Z")
I’d just like to say that I’m really sick of the over-the-top outrage displayed by so many at every imaginable instance of sexual activity in anyone, especially females, under the age of 18. 18 is an arbitrary, (but cer… --- ## [Mentally healthy dopers: Who has to deal with narcissists? What are they really like?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-healthy-dopers-who-has-to-deal-with-narcissists-what-are-they-really-like/562559)
**Author:** [@No\_Wikipedia\_Cites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Wikipedia_Cites)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mentally-healthy-dopers-who-has-to-deal-with-narcissists-what-are-they-really-like/562559 "2010-12-03T13:52:01Z")
Recently a FUROR has erupted since they are eliminated the official diagnosis of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/narcissism-no-longer-a-psychiatric-disorder/?src=me&ref=health … --- ## [Power tool electricity usage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-tool-electricity-usage/562592)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-tool-electricity-usage/562592 "2010-12-03T12:29:19Z")
So, all day I’ve been hearing construction going on outside my apartment; from peeking out the window, I figured out they’re replacing the stairwell next door to me. I just went out to run an errand, and discovered that… --- ## [What offends you? And why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-offends-you-and-why/561791)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-offends-you-and-why/561791 "2010-12-03T06:10:54Z")
I am fascinated by the ease with which people take offense, both in terms of what they take offense to (from?) and how quickly they do so. I have an exceptionally high threshold for offense-taking - even when it’s plain… --- ## [Who is buried in Grant's tomb?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128)
**Author:** [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-buried-in-grants-tomb/562128 "2010-12-03T04:41:16Z")
I am looking for riddles that would amuse a smart 10 year old, like Who is buried in Grant’s tomb? and How many three-cent stamps are there in one dozen? Do you have any favorites? --- ## [Disk recovery software needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disk-recovery-software-needed/562535)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disk-recovery-software-needed/562535 "2010-12-03T03:48:23Z")
Anyone know of a good disk recovery program; hopefully not to expensive? I seem to have lost all the media on one of my external drives. :mad: Thanks for the help! --- ## [Tropical vacation recommendations in March?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-vacation-recommendations-in-march/562735)
**Author:** [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-vacation-recommendations-in-march/562735 "2010-12-03T03:39:30Z")
My wife and I are taking a belated honeymoon on our 5 year anniversary in March. We want to go to some tropical paradise where there are a lot of things to do, resort type atmosphere, fair amount of people to socialize w… --- ## [Job interviews: how to say "I want more money"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interviews-how-to-say-i-want-more-money/562545)
**Author:** [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/job-interviews-how-to-say-i-want-more-money/562545 "2010-12-03T02:29:39Z")
To make a long story short, my wife got a spectacular job offer in another state, and in order to move, I found a job there as well. I interviewed for an operations position (which is where I have a lot of experience), … --- ## [Are Ex SOs off limits to friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ex-sos-off-limits-to-friends/561949)
**Author:** [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ex-sos-off-limits-to-friends/561949 "2010-12-03T02:12:45Z")
I broke up with a girlfriend shortly before leaving on a back packing trip which ended up lasting almost 8 years. Upon my return I surmised that a good friend of mine (going back to grade school) had gone out with my ex… --- ## [Things that make you more comfortable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-more-comfortable/562117)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-make-you-more-comfortable/562117 "2010-12-02T22:35:53Z")
Mention anything that makes you feel more comfortable except for people or animals. If someone’s love and affection makes you feel all warm and fuzzy - do not mention it in this thread. You can also mention things that … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1835) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/in-my-humble-opinion/14.md?page=1837)